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Forty (40) years ago on February 21, 1979, Fr. Yohanes Sono Pribadi, SCJ, member of the SCJ Philippine Region, was ordained priest. The ceremony of ordination took place in Metro, Lampung Tengah, Indonesia, his native place and was officiated by the Most Rev. Albert Hermelink Gentiaras, SCJ, Dutch, Bishop of Tanjungkarang. It should be noted that he was ordained as a diocesan priest for the Diocese of Lampung. However, knowing many SCJ priests, Fr. Yohanes had enough opportunities to learn about their charism and spirituality. Besides, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was embedded in him by his father, a great devotee of God’s Heart. These all helped him to decide entering the Congregation.

On July 20, 1980, Fr. Yohanes made his first profession of vows and in 1983 the final profession. His first assignment was as a Parish Priest in Trinity Parish in Belitang, South Sumatra, where he served for three (3) years. His next assignment from 1984 – 1988 was in Muara Bungo, Province of Jambi, Sumatra. In 1988, Fr. Yohanes was appointed to join the international mission in the Philippines and sent to the United States to study English.

On May 17, 1989, Fr. Yohanes arrived in the Philippines in a group of eight missionaries, where he stayed until the year 2003. During thirteen years of his stay in the Philippines he was assigned in parishes of Dimataling, Cagayan de Oro City, Bacolod and Kumalarang. Also for many years he was in-charge of vocations.

In Indonesia, Fr. Yohanes was assigned for two (2) years as a parish priest in Kotabumi, Lampung, where he also took care of the dormitory for boys, three (3) years in Jakarta and four (4) years in Pasangsurut, Diocese of Palembang.

In 2014 Fr. Yohanes returned to the Philippines and was assigned in the Novitiate Fr. Dehon in Lower Lucoban, Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur. Besides being the superior of the community and assistant to the Novice Master, Fr. Indra Pamungkas, SCJ, he is taking care of the garden and his coffee plantation of which he is very proud of.

As mentioned above, Fr. Yohanes is a member of the first group, the very first missionary from Indonesia, the oldest member of the Philippine Region in age, ordination and first profession. He was born on June 2, 1950. Among his relatives there are four (4) priests: three (3) diocesan and one (1) SS.CC. Congregation of the Sacred Hearts and three (3) religious sisters.

The Thanksgiving Mass was held in the chapel of the SCJ Novitiate in Lower Lucoban and was attended by a number of SCJs, religious sisters and friends from the places of his assignment: Dimataling, Bacolod and Kumalarang.

In his, not very short homily, Fr. Yohanes shared about his vocation, way to the priesthood and experiences. The ceremony was very nice and solemn.

On April 21, 2018, more than 750 youths coming from different parishes of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro attended the Vocation Jamboree prepared by the Directors/Directresses of Vocations in the Philippines (DVP) Cagayan de Oro Chapter, headed by the Rev. Fr. Roger Gabac, SSJV, the Archdiocesan Vocation Director with the cooperation of the members of DVP represented by different Religious Men and Women that works in the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

The activity started at 3:00PM with a Pilgrim Walk from Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Camaman-an going to the venue at Saint John Vianney Seminary covered court. Upon arriving at the venue there were opening salvo to animate the participants while at the same time registration was going on. At around 6:00PM dinner was served .

Right after dinner, Bishop-elect Raul Dael, SSJV gave a talk about vocation in general. All throughout the talk, the participants were attentive to the speaker. After, the talk on vocation , the big group was divided into three groups for another talk on Married Life, Priestly, Religious and Single Blessedness. After each talk, the youths were given time to interact by encouraging them to ask questions to the speakers.

The vocation talk was followed by the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. While the adoration was going on, priests, religious men and women around the venue were conducting counseling, to those who were willing and needed it. At 5:00AM the Vocation Jamboree was concluded with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist celebrated by Bishop-elect Fr. Raul Dael, SSJV and concelebrated by all priests who attended the activity.

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On January 9 – 13, 2012 – the SCJ Philippine District held its annual assembly. The assembly took place in the Sacred Heart Formation House in Aluba, Cagayan de Oro City and was attended by 26 SCJs.

Among special participants attending this meeting was Fr. Paulus Sugino, the General Councilor from Rome and a representative from Vietnam.

The assembly started on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 4:00 PM with the reflection on the “Vow of Poverty”, conducted by Fr. Sugino.

The next two days were dedicated entirely to the personal sharing and reporting by different commissions and groups of interest, starting with the vocation promotion program and ending with the financial matters.

On the fourth day, the main topic in the morning session was the implementation of the strategic plan for the year 2012. In the afternoon the participants of the assembly played a soccer match against the seminarians. The match was won again by the seminarians.

The fifth and the last day of the assembly started with the report from Vietnam and was followed by Fr. Sugino’s time, who shared his observations regarding the Philippine District and information about the Congregation. In the afternoon, the group discussed the yearly plan and some other urgent matters concerning the District, which on March 14, 2012 will become a Region. The assembly concluded with the concelebrated Holy Eucharist presided by Fr. Paulus Sugino.

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Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SCJ)

The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic apostolic religious community of both brothers and priests. We live, pray and work together in Europe, Africa, North and South America and Asia...
We use the initials SCJ after our names. SCJ comes from the Latin phrase Sacerdotes Cordis Jesu (a literal translation would be the Priests of the Heart of Jesus). In the Philippines and North America, we often refer to ourselves as the SCJ's. In much in the rest of the world, we are known as Dehonians. This name comes from the name of our founder, the Venerable Fr. Leo John Dehon.